Tag-attachment device.



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TAG ATTACHING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27,19I1. RENEWED MAY 22.1915.

1,159,527, Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

INVENTOR CHARLES .F Mos/ m.

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TTNTTFQD STATd PATNT @FFTQE CHARLES F. MOSMAN, 01E QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO PREMIER MANU- FACTURING CQMPANY, O13 BOSTBN, MASSACHUSETTS, A OORIGR-ATION OF MASSA- CHUSETTS.

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Patented Nov. 9, EMS.

Application filed February 27, 1911, Serial No. 610,991. Renewed May 22, 1315. Serial No. 29,928.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. MosMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Quincy, county of Norfolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Tag-Attaching Devices, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to tag-attaching devices such as are commonly used for attaching tags to cloth, paper or similar material.

It is at present the more or less common practice to attach a tag bearing an identifying number or mark to articles of laundry, which tag is carried by the article during the laundrying process but is removed when the laundry is sent to its owner. These tags generally comprise a tag portion of fabric or similar material which can be written on and tag-attaching devices by which the tag may be secured to the article, said tag-attaching devices commonly being made with prongs which can be inserted through the article and which can thereafter be bent over to fasten the tag to the article.

The objects of my invention are to provide a novel tag-attaching device which is so constructed that it may be securely fastened to the tag thereby preventing any liability of the attaching device becoming disconnected from the tag; and also to provide a construction of attaching device which operates to hold the tag flat and which will prevent the tag from rolling or curling up when it is in use, and to otherwise improve devices of this nature, all as will be more fully hereinafter described and then pointed out in the appended claim.

Referring now to the drawings wherein I have illustrated a selected embodiment of my invention which is sufficient to illustrate the principle thereof, Figfire 1 is a view of the blank from which my improved device is made; Fig. 2 is an end view of the tag-at taching device showing it secured to a tag; Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the prongs of the fastening device inserted through the material to which the tag is to be fastened; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the tag with the fastening devices ready for use; Fig. 5 is a perspective View of one of the fastening devices showing the positions of the auxiliary prongs when the device is fastened to the tag; Fig. 6 is a view showing the manner in which the tag is fastened to the mate rial; F 7 is a perspective view of one of the fastening devices ready to be inserted into the tag; Fig. 8 is a view similar to F 9- showing a multiple-ply tag.

The complete tag as it is used comprises a strip 0 of fabric on which the identifying or other marks are adapted to be printed or marked, and tag-attaching devices a by which the tag 6 is secured to the material 2. T iese tag-attaching devices are usually formed with prongs b which are adapted to be inserted through the tag 6 and also through the material 2, and then are adapted to be bent over to fasten the tag to the ma terial.

My invention relates to a novel construction of attaching device by means of which the fastening device is securely fastened to the tag so that it cannot become readily disconnected therefrom before the tag is applied to the material 2, and also to a novel construction by which the fastening device will hold the tag flat and will prevent it from curling up on the edges after it is secured to the material 2.

My improved fastening device is made from a blank, such as shown in Fig. 1, and which is provided with the body portion a and with the tapering ends 7). The blank shown in l is bent on substantially the dotted lines 3 so as to bring the tapering ends I) at right angles to the body a, said ends constituting prongs by which the tag is fastened to the material 2. I will preferably use two of these fastening devices for securing each tag in place, and the fastening devices are applied to the tag by inserting the prongs b therethrough, as shown in Fig. 41, one fastening device being at each end of the tag.

In order to securely fasten the fastening device to the tag I make my fastening device with the auxiliary prong 0 extending inwardly from each leg underneath the tag 6, as clearly seen in Fig. 2, these prongs serving to clamp the tag 6 firmly between themselves and the body a. These prongs 0 may be made in any suitable way. One convenient way is to make them by slitting the legs or prongs b, as shown at 4 in Fig. 7 and in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and then bending the slit portions inwardly to form the prongs 0. These slits 4 may be formed at any time during the process of making the tag, either at the time that the blank is cut out or at the time that the prongs b are bent into their right angle position, at the time the fastening device is inserted into the tag 6, or at any other suitable time. I prefer to make the two slits 011 the same side of the tag so that the two prongs 0 will stand opposite each other, but this is not essential to the invention. In any event after the fastening device has been bent into the shape shown in Fig. 7 the prongs 5 thereof are inserted through the tag a and at the same time, or at some subsequent operation, the auxiliary prongs 0 are bent inwardly underneath the tag a, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. In bending the prongs 0 they will preferably be pressed firmly against the tag so that the material of the tag will be held fast between them and the body of the fastening device. When the fastening devices have been thus secured to the tag, the tag is completed and is ready for the market, said tag then presenting the appearance shown in Fig. 4:.

It will be noted that in forming the auxiliary prongs 0 the lines 4 on which the prongs b are slitted extend from one edge of each prong Z) in a direction substantially parallel to the other edge. The advantage of this is that the prong 7) is not materially weakened by the formation of the auxiliary prong c and, moreover, the width of that portion of therefore, the attaching device will hold the tag flat. By having an auxiliary prong 0 associated with each of the main prongs b the tag is prevented from rolling up and crowding over toward one side of the attaching device.

My attaching device is especially advantageous for attaching tags to laundry because during the operation of washing and ironing an article, the tag is very apt to become rolled or bunched up unless it is held fiat by the attaching device. By using the two auxiliary prongs c, one for each of the legs Z) the tag is firmly held near each edgeand V A. tag fastening device comprising a body 7 portion adapted to rest 011 a tag and having tapering prongs for insertion through the ta and. throu 'h the material to which the tag is fastened, each prong being slit from a point on one edge of the prong on a line substantially parallel to the other edge thereof, thereby to form an auxiliary prong which is bent laterally to underlie-the tag and clamp the latter against itself and said body portion, whereby the width of that part-of the tapering prong-which is inserted through the material is reduced without materially weakening said prong.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES F. MUSE/LAN.

ll itnessesi I r LOUIS C. SMITH, BERTI-IA F; HE SER.

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